Sudanese officials have reportedly spoken to U.S. officials about Khartoum’s aspirations to both join the WTO, and export agricultural products to America like livestock products. The World Bank is also pushing Sudan to emphasize its food and livestock exports in the wake of collapsed petroleum prices. The country certainly has the relative resources, sporting a very small share of Africa’s population while concurrently managing large percentages of the continent’s livestock (see graph below). Of course, nothing rouses more opposition than the trade in livestock products. First, it imposes increased competition in generally lower profitability commodities. Second, the risk of transmittable disease increases, though most i...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
A federal appeals court paused a USITC ruling against President Trump’s use of Section 122 to impose 10-percent global tariffs. A bipartisan group of 80 House members asked USTR to investigate specialty crop imports from Mexico for unfair trade practices. India notified the WT...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
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